BUS ADM 1024 - Grant Writing for Professionals

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Poorly written grant proposals that don’t meet a funder’s requirements won’t make it through the first stage of review. Ensure that your organization remains competitive by learning to meet the challenges of grant writing for funding and government contracting in this two-day course. Explore the steps involved in finding funding opportunities, writing narrative sections and editing effectively. In this interactive, student-centered course, you will gain the skills to tackle each stage of the proposal writing process, including contracting opportunities and scheduling tasks to writing and editing effective proposals. During each class session, you will spend time learning about and practicing research, planning and writing strategies.

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Course Objectives

Understand the funding and contracting application process

Knowledge of researching grant and government-contracting opportunities using databases such as the Foundation Career website and grants.gov

Decipher and respond effectivity to Requests for Proposal (RFPs)

Schedule and manage the proposal writing process

Organize proposal content and create sections and headings

Draft proposals

Use language that communicates clearly and persuasively

Effectively edit and proofread proposals

Locate resources for further study

What You Learn

Overview of the funding and government contracting process

Research strategies to find funding and contracting opportunities

Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

Scheduling and managing the proposal writing process

Organizing and formatting proposal content

Proposal drafts

Writing clear, concise, persuasive business prose

Editing proposals

How You Learn

Interactive, student-centered workshops

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Is This Course Right for Me?
This class focuses on foundation giving to Bay Area nonprofit organizations and is structured for the beginning grant writer or someone seeking a refresher course.

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BUS ADM 1024 - 017 - Grant Writing for Professionals

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Erica Pulley

Erica Pulley, M.A., has written grant proposals for several leading Bay Area nonprofits, including the San Francisco Zoological Society, and has secured hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant awards over the years. Her fundraising interests and strength lie in researching potential donors through resources like the Foundation Center. Currently Pulley is a freelance grant writing consultant and lecturing at SFSU.